Pass-book and the like



L. P. JOHNSON.

PASS BOOK AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.'4, I920.

, Patented Dec. 21, 1920.

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PASS-BOOK AND THE LIKE.

Application filed February 4, 1920.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, Law I. Jor-rNsoN, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Salt Lake City, in thecounty of Salt Lake and State of Utah, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Pass-Books and the like, of which the followingis a specification.

My present invention relates generally to pass books and the like andmore particularly to blank books in which entries are made from time totime, my object being the provision of page holding and marking means inconnection therewith by means of which the proper or current page forentry will be indicated and at once apparent at all times.

W'hile adaptable to books of. various characters, the invention isprimarily intended for bank pass books through its particular functionin this connection of savmg time to bank clerks and depositors,especially during busy hours, when clerks are forced to loseconsiderable time and keep lines of busy people waiting while turningthe pages of pass books to find the proper or current page for entry.lVith my improvements the page is clearly indicated and the book uponbeing opened, opens to the proper or current page so that the abovedelay is entirely avoided.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating my present invention,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a book provided with my improvementsand in open posit-ion Fig. 2 is an elevation of one side of the openbook showing the manner in which a leaf is shifted beneath thecorresponding strap, and

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on line 33 of Fig. 2. t

Referring now to these figures my invention resides in the provision ofeach of the cover sections 10 and 11 of a book, particularly a bank passbook, with an elastic page holding strap 12 extending lengthwise thereofand upon its inner surface, each of which straps is adapted to receivetherebeneath one or more of the pages 13 of the book.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 21, 1920.

Serial No. 356,265. 1

For the purpose of my invention the extremities of the elastic straps 12are extended around the upper and lower edges of. the respective coversection, and secured thereto by U-shaped clips 14, which as seenparticularly in Fig. act to clamp the strap extremities, and have theirextensions 15 projected through slits in the cover and bent or crimpedupon the inner face of the cover section as seen in Fig. 2 whereby tosecurely hold the same in place.

If as is generally the case the book has an outer covering 16, the outerextremities of the straps are extended beneath such covering so that theouter extremities of the straps as well as the clamping portions of theclips 14 will be concealed from View at the outside of the book. Thus aseach page is used completely, it is turned and slipped beneath the strap12 of the cover section 10 so that the book when opened will expose theproper or current page immediately in View of the fact that used orpartially used pages are in position beneath either one or the other ofthe straps l2 and all unused pages remain beneath the strap 12 of thesection 11 with all completely used pages beneath the strap 12 of thecover sectlon 10.

This arrangement provides for GiFGCtlYG durable holding of the ends ofthe elastic page engaging straps and will result in use in avoiding agreat deal of time wasted in finding current or proper pages undercircumstances first above indicated.

1' claim:

A page holding device for books having a cover, which consists of aflexible strap extending along the inner face of the cover, having itsopposite ends extending around opposite edges of the cover, and clipsextending through the cover and engaging and clamping the outerextremities of the strap, the book cover having an outer covering layerbeneath Which the connected ends of the strap extend and beneath whichthe connecting clips are concealed.

LEl/V POLLARD JOHNSON.

